Visas issued at Frankfurt in October 2024
U.S. Consulate General, Germany. The page of the post has the wait times of Frankfurt.
In October 2024, the post issued 3,367 nonimmigrant visas and 1,315 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 977,715 nonimmigrant visas in the same month.
The reports below contain preliminary data which are subject to change.
Therefore, beginning with FY 2020, individual monthly issuance reports should not be aggregated, as this will not provide an accurate issuance total for the fiscal year to date. Instead, refer to our annual Report of the Visa Office for final full Fiscal Year statistics.
The Department's words. Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance Statistics, Internet Archive copy of . Monthly tables through .
| Visas | Oct 2024 | Sep 2024 | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 3,367 | 3,553 | 3,978 |
| Immigrant | 1,315 | 1,283 | 249 |
Nonimmigrant classes, October 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Oct 2024 | Share | Sep 2024 | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,017 | 59.9% | 2,091 | 2,469 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 312 | 9.3% | 323 | 505 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 255 | 7.6% | 291 | 221 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 192 | 5.7% | 240 | 192 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 158 | 4.7% | 158 | 167 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 81 | 2.4% | 64 | 58 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 77 | 2.3% | 89 | 87 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 49 | 1.5% | 54 | 34 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 35 | 1% | 41 | 46 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 26 | 0.8% | 43 | 13 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 25 | 0.7% | 7 | 6 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 17 | 0.5% | 11 | 38 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 16 | 0.5% | 8 | 9 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 15 | 0.4% | 16 | 12 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 15 | 0.4% | 30 | 23 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 13 | 0.4% | 30 | 27 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 12 | 0.4% | 16 | 40 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 11 | 0.3% | 4 | 10 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 10 | 0.3% | 2 | 0 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 9 | 0.3% | 7 | 4 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 7 | 0.2% | 10 | 6 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 6 | 0.2% | 2 | 0 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 3 | 0.1% | 4 | 3 |
| H3 | Trainee | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| P2 | Artist or entertainer in a reciprocal exchange program | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 1 | 0% | 2 | 2 |
Immigrant classes, October 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Oct 2024 | Share | Sep 2024 | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 649 | 49.4% | 702 | 18 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 194 | 14.8% | 155 | 16 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 187 | 14.2% | 149 | 9 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 68 | 5.2% | 43 | 29 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 60 | 4.6% | 65 | 49 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 31 | 2.4% | 0 | 14 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 25 | 1.9% | 21 | 51 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 23 | 1.7% | 4 | 3 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 13 | 1% | 12 | 2 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 13 | 1% | 9 | 5 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 10 | 0.8% | 15 | 1 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 10 | 0.8% | 13 | 5 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 7 | 0.5% | 1 | 0 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 7 | 0.5% | 2 | 0 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 6 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 3 | 0.2% | 5 | 0 |
| T5 | Employment creation (EB-5) in targeted rural or high unemployment area, spouse and child (T51-T53) | 3 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 1 |
| GV1 | Certain employee or former employee of the U.S. Government abroad | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 1 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of October 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 73 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Frankfurt lists every month. The page of October 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: -5%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, October 2024. Report an error.